Francis has met the grand imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque after a five-year pause in dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the mosque, the highest authority of Sunni Islam. Sheikh Ahmed ...

ALBAWABA - Jewish far-right groups are planning to Judaize Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem today on the first day of Hanukkah, a joint statement indicated. In the statement, far-right ...

and enters Al Azhar mosque. There he joins one of the attentive circles of cross-legged students gathered at the feet of a sheikh (elder, i.e., teacher), who leans against a pillar and expounds ...

You can reach Al Azhar Park via taxi or on foot from Islamic Cairo. Khan el-Khalili sits less than a mile away, while downtown Cairo is about 3 miles to the west. Do not plan on driving since ...

Jordan has condemned a plan by an Israeli ministry to fund Jewish visits to the Al Aqsa Mosque complex, the holy site central to the Palestinian struggle for Jerusalem, and called for UN Security ...

Grand Imam of Egypt's Al Azhar Mosque, Sheikh Ahmad Al Tayeb, has called for setting up a college of learning affiliated to Al Azhar University in the UAE. He said this as the UAE signed a ...